Predictive Ability of Future Anxiety in Professional Decision-Making Skill among a Syrian Refugee Adolescent in Jordan.
Ola Al Hwayan
PMID 32292305WHAT IT FOUND
High future anxiety was linked to weaker professional decision-making skills in 227 Syrian refugee adolescents.
Anxiety explained 33.1% of the variation in decision-making. Girls showed better decision-making skills but lower anxiety than boys.
Key findings
01Future anxiety was high (mean 3.52) and professional decision-making was moderate (mean 2.83) in the sample.
02Future anxiety, gender, and achievement significantly predicted professional decision-making, with anxiety explaining 33.1% of the variance.
03Girls had significantly higher professional decision-making scores than boys, while boys had significantly higher future anxiety.
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What it does not show
The study used researcher-adapted tools that were not validated for Syrian refugees, relying on pilot data for reliability. The cross-sectional design cannot prove that anxiety causes poor decision-making; both may be influenced by other factors. The sample was limited to tenth-grade students in specific public schools in Jordan, restricting generalisability. The authors interpreted the negative correlation as decision-making reducing anxiety, but the direction of causality is unclear.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not assume that improving decision-making skills will reduce future anxiety. The study shows a negative correlation, but the cross-sectional design cannot determine whether anxiety impairs decision-making or if poor decision-making fuels anxiety.